| Sugar means a lot to our life. Syrup is one of the | | | | you had better use candy thermometer which will |
| very important form of sugar. People need this kind | | | | help you determine the right temperature. |
| of sugar but very few people know the exact | | | | Filter does not mean you have finished it. You also |
| process of making syrup. Once you have collected | | | | need to pouring the syrup through fabric. A double |
| sap from the sugar bush, your making maple syrup | | | | thickness of cheesecloth is ideal material for this job |
| just gets start. First select spot to create an outdoor | | | | or any kind of fine meshed. So clean up the fabric |
| fire pit or a shed with a heat source. Both of them | | | | while holding back sand grain sized impurities. In some |
| are available. However, please be sure that if | | | | folks convention there are filtering twice : moving the |
| you’re making syrup inside a shed, sap | | | | syrup into the finishing pot and pouring into storage |
| evaporation will easily cause a very sticky film on | | | | containers. |
| walls, floors and furniture. It is very hard to clean up. | | | | Maple syrup can be frozen so you can easily make it |
| Put sap you collected into a large pot then begin | | | | into sugar crystals by separating or drying out |
| boiling down it over good fire. During cooking, you | | | | completely in the freezer. Refrigerator is the most |
| need to skim froth on the top of your sap with a | | | | common tool for this job, syrup can stay fresh for |
| strainer and discard. While you are cooking down the | | | | even 3-4 months without losing taste in standard |
| sap mixed with syrup, put more sap if possible to | | | | syrup container. But in any situation be sure let the |
| keep moving. But if you are short of raw sap and | | | | syrup cool off into natural temperature.The best bet |
| the syrup in the pot is getting thickening up to the | | | | for maple syrup storage is the preservation method |
| desired consistency, you should take all of them into | | | | for ‘canning’. Do not think it is funny but it is |
| a conventional stove in order to controlling | | | | real indeed . By this method your syrup will stay |
| temperature more precisely. | | | | fresh for a full year. |
| Then you should get prepared to move the maple | | | | The last but still important step is pouring into hot, |
| syrup to the finishing pot as long as it has reached | | | | sterilized mason jars, sealing with a standard, |
| the temperature of 6 degrees above the water | | | | softened lid ( they can be bought separately ). The |
| boiling point . But this point varies on the location and | | | | storage should be dark avoiding too much sunshine |
| altitude you are standing at. So instead of old timer, | | | | to guarantee its freshness for long time. |